Improvement in beer-coolers



W. TAYLOR & M. LORTZ. Beer-Cooler.

No. 205,771. Patented July 9, 1878.

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\VILLIAM TAYLOR AND MICHAEL LORTZ, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEER-COOLERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,771, dated July 9,1878 application filed June 1, 1878.

.which-- Figure l is a sectional elevation of the invention, and asattached to a keg; Fig. 2, a horizontal section taken on the line 00 m,Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a side elevation, and Fig. 4 a plan.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

The chief aim of the present invention is to provide a simple andeconomical means for cooling beer on tap. Heretofore it has beencustomary to inolose the keg within a refrigerator and cool the beerwithin the keg, from which it is drawn directly into the glass. Thisinvolves a large and expensive refrigerator to receive the keg, and thequantity of ice needed for cooling it is considerable.

In the present improvement the keg is not inclosed in a refrigerator,and the beer is not cooled within the keg; but the beer is drawn fromthe keg into a smaller intermediate chamber, where it is cooled, andthence into the glass. I

The invention has relation to the intermediate chamber and theconstruction immedi ately therewith connected.

Referring to the drawing, A represents a construction resembling in itsgeneral appearance an ordinary water-cooler, having an outer wall, a, aninner wall, a, and cover (F. B represents a closed chamber or reservoirarranged within the cooler, space being left between the shell of thechamber and the inner wall of the cooler for the insertion of ice forcooling the chamber. 0 represents a pipe leading from the beer-keg Dinto the chamber B, passing through the walls of the cooler, andentering the chamber preferably at the upper part thereof. The beerpasses through the pipe G into the chamber B, where it is cooled byvreason of the ice around the chamber, and as the beer is used it isdrawn from the chamber B by means of the cock E. The chamber B must bestrong enough to with stand the same pressure as within the keg. It isconsiderably smaller than the keg, but it may be of any shape suitablefor the purpose. The preferable form is that showntwo up right columns,B B closed at their lower ends by removable caps b and connected aboveby a cross-tube, B The tubes in diameter are of a convenient size forthe insertion of the hand and arm for the purpose of cleaning thechamber. Access is had to the interior of the tubes by removing thecaps 1) b F represents an air-vent connected with the chamber B in theupper part thereof. The tubes B B communicate at their lower ends by atube, If. This is for draining the beer from the tube 13 The ice,preferably, does not extend to the bottom of the chamber B, but issupported upon a rack, G, leaving the lower portion of the space aroundthe chamber B for a drip-water reservoir, and which, when desired, canbe emptied by the cock H.

The space a between the walls of the cooler is connected with thedrip-water chamber, to enable the drip-water to ascend therein, andthere serve as a packin \Vater is also used for packing the cover-joint,the lid a fitting, when the cover is down, into a trough, a that isfilled with water, that can be drawn off by a cock, a

The keg is connected with the pipe 0 by means of the coupling 0. Uponopening the cock I the beer flows into the chamber B. The cock I is keptopen until the keg is emptied, enabling the beer to be kept as freshwithin the chamber B as within the keg.

As the business of most dealers does not require a constant drawing ofthe beer, the capacity of the chamber B can be so much smaller than thekeg from which the beer is drawn that the cooler for containing chamberB can, in practice, be no larger than an ordinary water-cooler.

The pipe (J can, if desired, be connected with a water-pipe leading fromany source, and the chamber B be used for cooling water in place ofbeer.

In either case, where the beer or water is drawn from a keg or barrel,the latter should be placed at a higher level than the cooler.

A suitable cock can be used to close the outer end of the tube 0 whendetached from the keg.

Ve claim- 1. The combination of the cooler A, chamber 13, having thercmovable caps 1) b the pipe 0, and cook E, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the cooler A, the

chamber 13 B 13 caps b N, pipe 0, and cock E, substantially asdescribed.

WILLIAM TAYLOR. MICHAEL LORTZ.

\Vitnesses CHAS. D. MooDY PAUL BAKEWELL.

